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A review by ncrabb
Murder of a Smart Cookie by Denise Swanson
3.0
This series is synonymous with fun and entertaining reading, book after book. I've loved it for a variety of reasons. The characters are memorable and wonderfully developed. Skye Denison becomes as fine a fictional book friend as you can make.
Because of a variety of mishaps and bad experiences, Skye is out of work and broke during the summer. She's trying to save up enough for a down payment on a cottage in which she currently lives. She goes to work with her obnoxious uncle who is the town mayor. It's Skye's job to coordinate a 100-mile-long yard sale commemorating Route 66; the small fictional town of Scumble River, Illinois is adjacent to what was the historic highway.
It's a horrible job, and Skye agrees only because her ranting uncle promises all kinds of bonuses when it's over if it's a success. Then, someone murders Cookie Caldwell, a local resident who operates an antique shop in town. Skye and Cookie were at odds because Cookie tried to cheat an elderly woman in town out of an antique vase. Cookie's murder threatens the success of the yard sale, but Skye figures out how to prevent that. things get more tense, however, when the old woman whom Cookie had attempted to cheat is murdered as well.
I didn't see the end of this coming, and the subplots are wonderfully fun. The cliffhanger is absolutely precious and will make you want to read more of the series.
Because of a variety of mishaps and bad experiences, Skye is out of work and broke during the summer. She's trying to save up enough for a down payment on a cottage in which she currently lives. She goes to work with her obnoxious uncle who is the town mayor. It's Skye's job to coordinate a 100-mile-long yard sale commemorating Route 66; the small fictional town of Scumble River, Illinois is adjacent to what was the historic highway.
It's a horrible job, and Skye agrees only because her ranting uncle promises all kinds of bonuses when it's over if it's a success. Then, someone murders Cookie Caldwell, a local resident who operates an antique shop in town. Skye and Cookie were at odds because Cookie tried to cheat an elderly woman in town out of an antique vase. Cookie's murder threatens the success of the yard sale, but Skye figures out how to prevent that. things get more tense, however, when the old woman whom Cookie had attempted to cheat is murdered as well.
I didn't see the end of this coming, and the subplots are wonderfully fun. The cliffhanger is absolutely precious and will make you want to read more of the series.